Question

Which of these sentences is an example of paradox?

A. I'm between a rock and a hard place.
B. My argument is right because I said so.
C. Her eyes were too earnest to be earnest.
D. Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Answer 1

C.

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer 2

C. Her eyes were too earnest to be earnest.

Step-by-step explanation:

A paradox is an apparently true statement that leads to a logical contradiction, or a situation that contradicts common intuition. In simple terms, a paradox is "the opposite of what someone thinks to be the truth".

This description of what is a paradox exemplifies well what happens in the phrase "Her eyes were too earnest to be earnest."